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Light at the End of the Tunnel
	Author: Chris Mallon Classification: Autobiography Sorry this book is Out Of Print	Brief Description: Chris Mallon was a studious, naive, tennis-mad teenager growing up in Wexford, Southern Ireland, with everything to live for, but in the 1980s his youth was cruelly snatched away from him by an evil and manipulative Catholic Priest, the late Father Sean Fortune. However, Chris was one of the lucky ones – he survived to tell his tale and eventually make a new life for himself. This is Chris’s moving, heart-on-sleeve story: a story of revisiting a painful emotional prison and finally being released from the confusion, mental anguish, illness, anger, guilt and depression that had held him locked in a lonely cell for so long. It is a story of healing. Through counselling, the support of special friends and family, and his own determination, Chris has managed to break the vicious circle of a negative mindset, tap into his spirituality and inner strength, accept his sexuality and realise his self-worth. He has learnt to love life. Be prepared to be shocked, be prepared to cry, but also be prepared to celebrate the journey he has made through a very long and frightening maze, and take courage and strength from his discovery that, whatever the abuse and hardship suffered, closure from the terror of the past is possible and there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Special Note: This book is now out of print.

About the Author: Chris Mallon lives in Dublin and works in Financial Services. He has worked through and overcome many hurdles over the last twenty years and now has a very positive outlook on life, valuing himself, his family and his community. He has a long-held love of tennis, music and musical theatre, and admits to being a true romantic, a bit of a worrier and a big lover of chocolate. In his words, “I love life”.

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Publication Date:	1 December 2006
ISBN: ISBN 13:	1-904444-81-4 978-1-904444-81-7
Page Extent:	122
Book Size:	210x148mm
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This book serves as a wonderful example of overcoming a life changing ordeal.
Estelle Webster, Author of 'The Plan of the Highest Will'

An in-depth and heart searing account of a young man's journey along the road of life - taking the reader from the depths of his despairs to the eventual outcome bringing real hope and expectation of good times to come.
Sheila Collins, Author of 'Truffles Diary' & 'Truffles' Diary: One Year On'

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Christian Market Place Magazine

This cannot have been an easy book to write, and that in itself is a massive understatement. When the victim of sexual abuse opens his heart – and his history - to the world a terrible genie has been let out of a metaphorical bottle, and it can never be recaptured. Regardless, Mallon has told all in a way that evokes extremely strong emotions.
If you’ve led a sheltered life – or even a reasonably robust one, I suppose – it may baffle you as to how and why a spiritual counsellor, specifically a priest, could stoop to obscene acts of depravity with a vulnerable youth. But it happens, and Mallon helps us see the mechanism which brings such abuse about.
The man who abused the author is now dead. He committed suicide. Mallon has rebuilt his life, and stands as a living testimony to the fact that, no matter how bad it gets, there truly is light at the end of every tunnel.
Mike Hallowell, The Shields Gazette

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Pick Me Up Magazine

'FR SEAN FORTUNE TOOK MY VIRGINITY, MY LIFE, MY SOUL ... AND MY FREEDOM'
Sunday World

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Chris Mallon was interviewed by Mark Cagney and Sinead Desmond about his book 'Light at the End of the Tunnel' on 'Ireland AM', Ireland's only breakfast programme.
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A very interesting read, from many aspects. This was based on his diary and what he had to overcome to continue his life, which I believe he succeeded in doing. An interesting story which could be of help to those suffering or has suffered similar experiences.
Elizabeth Spurway
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Because we are in this life, of Body, Mind and Spirit inextricably linked, when abusive harm is inflicted on one, it will on natural connective balance, profoundly affect the other two.
This debilitating principle has been superbly articulated in Chris Mallon's 'Light at the End of The Tunnel'. In his book he explains with great depth and sensitivity the far reaching consequences, complicatiots and corrosions caused by his pain physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Carefully written, Chris not only documents the devious and invasive sexual violation done to him by a 'man' who held a high and prominent moral office in society but also bravely grapples with the deeply entrenched dark roots of self-accusing guilt planted so manipulatively by his abuser. We see clearly this depressive, crushing facet of inner damage in all its vile true ugliness. With this, the author lucidly details his struggle with the sickening fact that the major faith denomination of his country whom he should have been able to turn to for help, instead harboured his deceitful assailant, having trained him to the position of influence that was so appallingly misused. How could he, the victim, turn to God? Chris's candour throughout is admirable as he reveals how his vulnerable developing sexuality was broken into and left in pieces preventing him from being able to naturally accept those feelings without seeing or feeling the harrowing distress of the wreckage perpetrated within him.
Reading this however, you realise that this is no mere account of a true story - this is actually a jaw-dropping book of hope. Then you realise that this is more than a book; it is a journey over almost unsurpassable mountains and onto a better place as we read how the author, with the help of a very gifted and able counsellor, begins to gradually grow in strength and self esteem and breaks out of his inner barbed wire . We travel with him along the slow, climbing path to healing where he eventually learns how to be comfortable again in his own skin and embrace a brighter future - even finding his own place to appreciate God in this world.
If I had two wishes for this book, it would be that it could reach out and help other victims of abuse whatever their gender, sexuality, origin or creed and that it would encourage Chris to write again to share his very evident positive energy with us once more.
Mark Barnard
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I book that I will not forget for some time.
Jalinta McNab
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I've read 'Light at the End of the Tunnel' by Chris Mallon. I couldn't put it down. It is beautifully written and Chris is very honest and open describing his experiences and his therapeutic journey to recovery. I am currently a trainee psychotherapist and would highly recommend this book to therapists and trainees as a 'must have' on their book shelf.
Luci Gately
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This book is a master piece as regards to people being abused, and should be read by every person, child or adult, as it shows although they suffer hardships, it tends to show there is always light at the end of the tunnel, and would in some cases prevent possible suicides which do occur. It is a gripping tale and well thought out to put in writing. It is a shame as so much of it goes on and for children, how can they ever trust anyone again.
Doris Ford
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I found the book very hard to put down.
Mrs. D Palmer
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I felt that this was a story that had needed to be told, so that this person could move on in life. It was a moving and compelling story about a brave and courageous guy who chose to fight on and he came of very well.
Denise Precelton
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A very moving traumatic true story. A must to be read to prove there is ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’.
Mrs B Akehurst
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I found this book sad, but was pleased to read that Chris was able to over come everything that happened to him.
Christine Moody
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I felt this book was very well written and I really felt for this man, he should be proud to have got through it all.
Kathleen Gray
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I found this to be very interesting and helps you to realise just what abuse apart from physical is suffered by the people who suffer from sexual abuse. It also shows that nobody is trustworthy today, not even vicars.
Mrs D Greenfield
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